Comment by paytonjjones
9 hours ago
How exactly are the superrich today living like gods? They use the same phones, have access to the same entertainment, same internet, same information. Most spend a lot more time stressed out and working. The poor today live better (or, at the very least more "preferenced") lives than ever in human history.
Big houses, yachts, nice cars I guess?
> How exactly are the superrich today living like gods?
A lot of us are, not just the super-rich.
"We are close to gods, and on the far side", as Banks put it. Or, as I wrote a while ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40874779
I really ought to turn this into a youtube video.
Love this
Hey guys, we don't have ebola or malaria ok, shut up and go back to work.
You're confusing "things have gotten better" with "things are good enough and shouldn't improve further"
These are close to opposites in their implications